A court in Vietnam has handed out prison sentences to 15 protesters arrested
during mass demonstrations last month against proposed special economic zones
in the Southeast Asian country, state media reported on Tuesday.

A court in south central Vietnam sentenced six people to up to
two-and-a-half years in prison Thursday after finding them guilty of throwing
rocks, bricks and gas bombs at police in protests against a proposed law on
special economic zones.

A court in Vietnam has upheld prison sentences against 15 people it said are
guilty of plotting to bomb the country's largest airport in Ho Chi Minh City
last April, state media reported on Tuesday (June 5).

A Vietnamese former oil executive allegedly kidnapped from Germany was
jailed for life Monday for embezzlement, state media reported, his second life
sentence tied to a corruption crackdown in the communist country.

Three Vietnamese activists were sentenced to between six and eight years in
jail yesterday for "anti-state propaganda" after posting online videos
criticising the communist regime, which is accused of tightening its grip on
dissidents.

Vietnamese prosecutors requested long jail terms on Thursday for former oil
company executives accused of mismanagement or embezzlement, including an
ex-senior Communist Party official and an executive whom government agents
allegedly kidnapped from Germany.

A court in central Vietnam on Nov. 27 sentenced an activist to seven years
in prison for producing online videos and interviews related to an
environmental disaster that instigated anti-government protests, in the
authorities’ latest crackdown on dissent.